Talks about an antigarbage strategy known as “zero waste” ….. The movement is simple in concept……to Produce less waste.

What is the zero waste? Zero waste that the entire concept of waste should be eliminated. Instead, waste should be thought of as a “residual product” or simply a “potential resource”.

• A residual product OR COMPOSTABLE ITEMS….. Bioplastics like the forks (at Yellowstone) made from plant materials like cornstarch that mimic plastic, are used to manufacture a growing number of items that are compostable. For example, a polystyrene foam containers(Plastic plates, forks, cups,coffee cups) /AREBEING MADE OF CORNSTARCH- Corn starch is basically white flour made from corn. You can find it anywhere they sell regular flour. Corn starch is a starch or a starchy flour made from corn and used for thickening gravies and sauces.For example, !(1)a city in California called Santa monica which bans the use of polystyrene foam containers,

Yellowstone and some institutions have asked manufacturers to mark some biodegradable items with a brown or green stripe. SUCH AS THE PLASTICS THAT THEY SERVE US IN THE CAFETERIA ARE BEING MADE CORNSTARCH. When u throw away this kind of plastics and end up in the garbage landfills. After days of the sun hitting these things they rELEASE METHANE. when sealed in landfills without oxygen, organic materials release methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, as they decompose. If composted, however, the food can be broken down and returned to the earth as a nonchemical fertilizer with no methane by-product.

Americans are still the undisputed champions of trash, dumping 4.6 pounds per person per day While the U.S. shares only 4.7 % of the total population in the world, we produce more 33% of the total waste in the world. About 97.5% of the solid wastes produced by the U.S. are industrial, and 1.5% are from homes and businesses in or near urban areas (municipal...

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Much of the UK’s waste is shipped to China and India to be reclaimed. Is this the best way to treat waste? What are the alternatives?
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Between 1990 and 1995, the amount of waste generated in Europe increased by 10%, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Most of what we throw away is either burnt in incinerators, or dumped into landfill sites (67%). But both these methods create environmental damage. Landfilling not only takes up more and more valuable land space, it also causes air, water and soil pollution, discharging carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) into the atmosphere and chemicals and pesticides into the earth and groundwater. This, in turn, is harmful to human health, as well as to plants and animals.
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Food Waste? Too valuable to waste!
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The opportunities presented by this serious environmental problem to suppliers of solid waste management products and equipment are enormous. The potential, however, is tempered by inadequate funds and technical capability, lack of political will and other problems. Despite the limitations, the market for SWM is still expected to grow five percent in the next three years.
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